What do these names have in common? They are all French words that have been used as first or middle names. Apparently, Prune (French for Plum) is being used over in France, but that one wouldn’t work over here for obvious reasons.

I’ll admit it. I love these. Paris is one of my favorite cities and I have a love for all things French, which is why I named our siteName Soiree. Girls Gone Child’s twins recently added to this list with the birth of twin daughters Boheme Shalom & Reverie Lux. Model Niki Taylor has a daughter named Ciel Taylor. Child actress (now all grown up) has the unusual appellation of Soleil Moon Frye.

THE NAMES

ALOUETTE lark

BEAU handsome

BELLE beautiful

BIJOU jewel

BLEU blue

BOHEME Bohemia

CHERIE my dear, darling

CIEL sky

ELLE she/her

ETOILE star

FLEUR flower

J’AIME I love you

JOLIE pretty

MAISON house

MARDI Tuesday

MATIN morning

MIEL honey

MIETTE small & sweet; crumb

NEIGE snow

POMME apple

RENARD fox

REVE dream

REVERIE daydream

ROUGE red

ROUX reddish-brown

RUBIS ruby

RUE street

SATINE satin

SOIREE party

SOLEIL sun

VICTORIE victory

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Beau Dawson

Belle Scarlett

Bleu Madeleine

Ciel Charlotte

Etoile Rose

Fleur Gabrielle

Helena Ciel

Jolie Soleil

Juliet Roux

Katherine Pomme

Maison Bennett

Mardi Anna Lee

Matin Michael

Miel Celeste

Miette Eloise

Natalie Fleur

Renard James

Reverie Alice

Roux Elliot

Rue Alexandra

Satine Ellie

Soleil Kaya

Soleil Lou

Vrai Lillian

What do you think about French word names? Would you use one? What’s your favorite?